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Grad Student Onur Dizdar Wins Photo Prize from US Embassy

Nov 17, 2009

Onur Dizdar, a graduate exchange student in the WIU History Department this Fall, has won first place in a photo contest sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Mr. Dizdar, a graduate History student from Bilkent University in Ankara, won first place in the "What's Your Best American Moment?" photo contest with his 2006 photo taken on Ellis Island in New York. A link to his prize-winning photo may be found in the blue box to the upper right.